Vienna Full Day Shore Excursion

Vienna Full Day Shore Excursion

We meet you at 09:00 am at the pier at “Handelskai” or “Nussdorf”.

We provide a chauffeur-driven airconditioned van or sedan for the driving portion plus a licensed local Austria Guide for the whole tour.

The flexibility of a small vehicle allows multiple stops at the historic sights and vistas.

Within the given time-frame we accommodate our guests personal preferences.

By combining a driving- with a walking-segment we offer the most comprehensive One-Day-Tour.

Knowing the programs offered by the cruise-operators we avoid overlap in program and overcrowding.

Our walking-tour ends at St. Stephen’s Cathedral in the heart of the city around 4:30 pm.

Do some window-shopping at Kaertnerstrasse or have a rooftop-drink at hotel Lameé

Our Taxi-Voucher gives you full flexibility in planning your return to the ship.

Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product

Stop At: Prater 7/1 Riesenradplatz 1, Vienna 1020 Austria

The Ferris Wheel operates for more than 120 years and is one of Vienna's fife major landmarks.

Duration: 15 minutes

Stop At: Hundertwasserhaus, Kegelgasse 36-38, Vienna 1030 Austria

A public housing project full of eco-fantasy.

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Flakturm, Aurgarten, Vienna 1020 Austria

Anti-aircraft artillery towers – WWII monsters.

Duration: 10 minutes

Stop At: Russian Orthodox Cathedral of St. Nicholas, Jauresgasse 2, Vienna 1030 Austria

The Moscow-style church is part of the Russian embassy – a surprising photo-op.

Duration: 10 minutes

Stop At: Belvedere Museum, Prinz-Eugen-Strasse 27, Vienna 1030 Austria

The best baroque garden-palace in town. No admission for garden and view.

To see Klimt’s Kiss we would have to enter the gallery.


Duration: 40 minutes

Stop At: Schonbrunner Gardens, Maxingstrasse 13b, Vienna 1130 Austria

Entering the gardens to enjoy the vistas is free – for Showrooms, Carriage Museum, Zoo etc. different admissions apply.

Duration: 1 hour

Pass By: Vienna Naschmarkt, Kettenbruckengasse Kettenbrückengasse, Vienna 1040 Austria

Vienna’s “belly” features a mix of market and eateries in historic (1915) market stalls

Pass By: Karlskirche, Kreuzherrengasse 1 Karlsplatz/Belevedere Quarter, Vienna 1040 Austria

Vienna’s most monumental baroque church meant to impress from a distance.

Pass By: Heldendenkmal der Roten Armee, Schwarzenbergplatz, Vienna Austria

Commemorating the Russian soldiers fighting the Nazi-regime on Austrian soil!

Pass By: Wiener Staatsoper, Opernring 2, Vienna 1010 Austria

One of the world’s leading opera houses, open for tours but best appreciated at a performance.

The Sacher-hotel built with the profits brought with the famous “Sacher-Torte”, the world’s first chocolate cake.

Pass By: Ringstrasse, Vienna Austria

The “Golden Mile” of the Ring between Staatsoper and Votivkirche is lined with Vienna’s most stunning monumental buildings.

Pass By: Akademie der bildenden Kunste, Schillerplatz 3, Vienna 1010 Austria

Young Hitler was not admitted as a student at the fine arts academy – so he did not become a painter.

Stop At: Rathausplatz, Vienna Austria

Around the Rathausplatz the Ring culminates in buildings like the Parliament, Burgtheater and Rathaus.

The nearby Café Landtmann was Freud’s favorite

From End of June to beginning of September it’s the location of the city’s food fair. In the evenings the huge open air theatre features music-movies.

Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Volksgarten, Burgring 1, Vienna 1010 Austria

Surrounded by the city’s rose-collection the temple of Theseus celebrates the Greek liberation in the 1820ies.

Duration: 10 minutes

Stop At: Heldenplatz, Volksgarten Hofburg Palace, Vienna 1010 Austria

The most monumental courtyard of the Hofburg Palace features the infamous balcony Hitler used for his “Anschluss-Speech”.

Duration: 10 minutes

Stop At: The Hofburg, Michaelerkuppel, Vienna 1010 Austria

The center of political power for more than 700 years now also features different museums, the Treasury and the Spanish Riding-school.

Duration: 20 minutes

Stop At: Demel Museum, Kohlmarkt 14, Vienna 1010 Austria

While the nearby Café Central is overrun by tourists the Demel Museum is a well kept secret unveiled only to private guests

Duration: 20 minutes

Stop At: Judenplatz Holocaust Memorial, Judenplatz 8, Vienna 1010 Austria

Amidst Vienna’s most elegant neighborhood the Holocaust Memorial at Judenplatz invites to reflect on the Jewish-Christian interaction over centuries.

Duration: 10 minutes

Stop At: Plague Column (Pestsaule), Graben 26, Vienna 1010 Austria

In the center of the Graben-boulevard this baroque monument dates back to the violent conflicts between Catholics and Lutherans.

Duration: 10 minutes

Stop At: St. Stephen's Cathedral, Stephansplatz 3, Vienna 1010 Austria

For close to six hundred years this monument of faith is holding the center of town and is dominating the cities skyline even in the 21st century.

Duration: 20 minutes